SCUTELLATE

Etymology

Adjective

scutellate (comparative more scutellate, superlative most scutellate)

(botany) saucer-shaped

(zoology) Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella, as in certain birds.

Synonyms

• scutellated

Source: Wiktionary


Scu"tel*late, Scu"tel*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. scutella a dish, salver. Cf. Scuttle a basket.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

2. Etym: [See Scutellum.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: Having the tarsi covered with broad transverse scales, or scutella; -- said of certain birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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